Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...charge of the trips, a total number of 11 teams composed of from three to six men, have been sent out to as many towns within the 50 mile radius of Boston. The purpose of these trips is not an evangelistic one nor is it their purpose to boost Harvard but merely to give the boys and young men of the small towns an insight into the possibilities and purpose of college life and training...
While it is early, to take cognizance of comparative scores, the overwhelming defeat of Queens College by the Boston College team has given the Crimson stock a decided boost. Toronto, a team which Harvard defeated 2 to 1, conquered the B. C. sextet 4 to 2 Queens College lost two closely contested games to Yale in Pittsburgh during the Christmas vacation...
Captain M. A. Cheek '26 will make his first appearance before the football men since his election. He will speak briefly on the general plan of the coming campaign, the object of which is to boost Crimson football prestige up to its prewar level...
Deducting from this loss some items of unassignable revenue, the actual loss is about $40,000,000 a year, according to this calculation. The obvious thing to do, under such circumstances, is to boost the rates on services which show large losses?wipe out the deficits on second and third class mail and on registered matter. Then not only would the deficit be made up, but also nearly enough revenue would be provided to make possible the proposed pay increase...
When the Business School moves into its new quarters across the Charles, all unpleasant obligations will be entirely removed. Then it will be the privilege of the business attendants, if they choose, to placard their buildings with purple exhortations to "Boost the Business School!", or to unfurl the banner of the Rotary Club from their flagstaff regularly each Wednesday afternoon...